Berry box or the like



' Aug.20,1946. -w -A R GL-E 2.40 354 BERRY BOXVOR THE LIKE Filed March3, 1944 'mvEmorg 9. WILL/HM l-LRINGLER.

Patented Aug. 20, 1946 Y I BERRY J f Gardner- Richa'rdson Company;Mifldlet'own;

' Ohio, a corporation of Ohio a 11 1 Application March 3, 1944,sunrise/524,889 (o1. 2 29+24 T 12 Claims.

M y invention relates to; the provision of trayor. box-like structures,of which the berry or2 fruit box is an example. Abox for the exemplarypurposepresents 'some..spe cial problems, including problems of shape,stiffness, ventilatiOn, appear anceand the raising of the bottom fromany support-on which the structure rests; and I shall describe myinvention in connection with such a box., L.

Anobject of my invention is the provision of a box made from less boardand a simpler blank and, in partic'ular, a rectangular blank, so thatthere is no wastage of boxboard and no scrapping operation or scrap lossbeyond that entailed in the formation of perforations for ventilation.It is also an object of my invention to attain these advantagesin -astructure. which is adequately strong, of novel and attractive.appearance, is tapered in form so as to be nestable, and is adequatelyventilated.

Another object ofthe inventionis the provision of a structurewhich maybe set up. more simply and economically than current structures.

: These and-other objects-of my invention,:which will be set forthhereinafter'onwill be apparent to one skilled in the art upon readingthis specification, I attain by thatcertain construction and arrangementof parts of which I shall now describe the aforesaid exemplaryembodiment. Reference is made to the drawingwhich forms a part hereofand in which: Figure 1 is a plan view of the blank for the exemplaryembodiment Figure 2 is a perspective'view of the erected structure. r Inthese figures solid lines representlines of cut, and dotted lines, linesof'weakening ,or score lines to determine bending of board. I v InFigure 1. I have indicated a square blank at L1 .Thisis divided by cutand scored lines to provide a bottom panelZ and side wall panels-3, 4,

5 and 6 articulated to the bottom panel by score lines 1. These-scorelines are interrupted at suitable intervals by U-shaped outlines 8extending into the bottom-panel and; providing non-scored, integralextensions 9 on the side walls. These extensions, when the sidewalls-are erected as shown in Figure 2, form *downwardly extending feetwhich raise the bottom of the structure somewhat above anyplane.surfaceupon which it rests.- V Circulation of air beneath the bottom is thusmade. possible; and the portions of the bottom panel 2,. from which thefeet members have been removed, I constitute ventilation openings'intotheinterior of the structure.

The side walls in the blank have var-ious late eral flaps ill, I I, l2and I3. These arearticu lated tothe-side walls; and I prefer toarticulate one side-flap .to each ,of th side walls; although anoppositepair ofside wallsmight be provided with two, such; side flaps per wall,the remaining side walls having n o fiapsgl haveshown the flap Hlarticulated to thewallll by a score ,line M which isinterruptedjintermediate its lengthby an elongated closed cut 15. .Thiscut outlines a removable-portion of the board providing a ventilatingopening; and the removal ofthe board portions formed by. thi and;threeother. similar cuts, as shown in Figure 1, is theonly scrappingoperation in the formation of my box.

The wall 4 is demarked from side flap 1 l on wall 5 by a out line It,which is-interrupted in-. termediate its length by a;U- sl:1aped,cut Hextending into the wall 4. When the wall 4 is thus severedfrom side flapH itsside edgewill thus be cut away corresponding to an edge .of-v one,of the-ventilatingopeningsjust described. The side wal1s3 4,- 5 and ;6have,articulated to themtop flaps l8, l9, 20 and 21 by means'ofscorelines, one of which isindicated at-ZZ, Since these top flaps areformed in the corners of the blank, they are triangular in shape asshown;- and the side flaps l0, 1 I l 2 and 13 are also-bri angular inshape.

In setting up the box, the-sidewalls 3, 4, 5 and Bare erected withrespect to the bottom panel 2, and because the side walls are of taperedshape, the erected box or basket likewise has a tapered shape asillustrated in Figure 2. The end flaps l0, ll, [2 and won the side wallsare bent over outside adjacent side walls; and the top flaps l8,

I9, 20 and 2| are bent over outwardly so as to overlietheir respectiveside walls and portions of the bent-over side flaps. The partsarefastened in erected condition in any suitable fashion. It will beclear that the side flaps could be adhe'sively secured to the sidewallswhich they lap,

and that; the top flaps in bent-over condition could be adhesivelysecured to the side walls and portions of the side flaps. However, formy purposes, I prefer to fastenthese elements together by means ofstaples 23, grommets or the like, passing through the top flapsadjacentthe apices thereof, through the side fiaps adjacent their ends andthroughthe respective side walls. [The box thus formed is strong. It isrigidified at the corners by the angular relationship of a side wall anditsarticulatedside flap. It is rigidified atthe top edges; by theturning-over of h p a sv an hes n a t eeth nwith wall panels withrespect to the main panel, a

disposition of the articulated side flaps to overlie side wall panelsadjacent the side wall panels to which they are attached, and adisposition of the end panels to overlie said side wall panels and saidside wall flaps, said side wall panels being tapered in conformationand-having their largest lateral dimension away from said main panel,the score lines between said side wall panels and said main panel beinginterrupted by U-shaped cuts extending inwardly of the main panel toprovide downwardly projecting feet on said side wall panels andventilating openings in said main panel, said structure havingventilating openings also at its side edges.

11. A box formed from the blank of claim 1 characterized by an erectedcondition of the side wall panels with respect to the main panel, adisposition of the articulated side flaps to overlie side wall panelsadjacent the side wall panels to which they are attached, and adisposition of the end panels to overlie said side wall panelsand saidside wall flaps, said side wall panels being tapered in conformation andhaving their largest lateral dimension away from said main panel, saidstructure being formed of a two-faced board of contrasting color asrespects the faces whereby adecorative effect is obtained by thesuperposition of end flaps of one color upon side wall panels of anothercolor.

12. A box formed from the blank of claim 1 characterized by an erectedcondition of the side wall panels with respect to the main panel, a

disposition of the articulated side flaps to overlieside wall panelsadjacent the side wall panels towhich they are attached, and adisposition of the end panels to overlie said side wall panels and saidside wall flaps, said side wall panels being tapered in conformation andhaving their largest lateral dimension away from said main panel, thescore lines between said side wall panels and said main panel beinginterrupted by U -shaped cuts extending inwardly of the main panel toprovide downwardly projecting feet on said sidewall panels andventilating openings in said main panel, said structure havingventilating openings also at its side edges, said structure being formedof a two-faced board of cont'rasting color as respects the faces wherebya decorative effect is obtained by the superposition of end flaps of onecolor upon side wall panels of another color.

WILLIAM A. RINGLER.

